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How to Synergize Leona and Samira

based on 12,646 Leona with Samira pairs
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.81
Pick Rate
9.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Leona has gone into battle with Samira in 12646 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much great data from the developers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can give you high quality, insightful builds to help Leona synergize with Samira. It is common for Leona to play with Samira on the same side. This has occurred in approx. 9.1% of matches with Leona.

Leona Samira Synergy Summary

Leona has done a good job of teaming up with Samira. Typically, she wins a terrific 52.6% of rounds the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Leona when playing with Samira by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Leona vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalPlated Steelcaps

Core Leona Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Knight's VowJak'Sho, The ProteanUnending DespairThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Leona to level upw
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Second ability for Leona to level upe
>
Last skill for Leona to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeSecond WindOvergrowth
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteMagic ResistArmor
Leona's passive ability p
Leona's q ability q
Leona's w ability w
Leona's e ability e
Leona's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Leona and Samira

Tips for Playing as Leona with Samira

Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.

Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.

You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.

Leona Samira Synergy Stats

Leona Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
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1.8
< Kills >
2.1
5.9
< Deaths >
6
14.8
< Assists >
13.7
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
0.38
31
< Minions Killed >
32
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.44
2,652
< Physical Damage >
2,819
6,615
< Magic Damage >
6,722
933
< True Damage >
974
10,200
< Damage Dealt >
10,516
22,598
< Damage Taken >
23,189
8,533
< Gold Earned >
8,616
1.68
< Towers >
1.57
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,740
< Total Healing >
2,811
10,527
< Experience >
10,606
54
< Vision Score >
55
23
< Wards Placed >
23
223
< Time Dealing CC >
236

How to Play with Samira as Leona in LoL

The Leona Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Leona sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Samira. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Samira helps Leona perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Leona tries to synergize with Samira, she sees a little decrease in her total damage output. This change may indicate that Samira does not provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Leona is played alongside Samira on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Samira.

Moreover, when Leona plays with Samira on the same team, she often takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Samira does a decent job of covering Leona during team fights.

Synergies between Leona and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Leona
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Leona
Samira

Is Leona better when played alongside Samira?

There is no perfect companion for Leona that will 100% of the time be her best synergy. Yet, overall, Samira is a very typical teammate for Leona. By locking into the same team as Leona, she improves their win rate by 0.4% to 52.6%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Leona and Samira that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Samira has a greater difficulty than Leona. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Samira allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to play well with you.

Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions will be a great protective duo.

Although, by pairing Leona and Samira together, you probably will not be providing your team enough magical damage output. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Samira ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Leona Players

How We Calculated Our Leona Samira Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Leona and Samira, we analyzed 12,646 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Leona with Samira comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Leona to synergize with Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to include in your Leona and Samira synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Solstice Sleigh. When Leona bought at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Samira than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Leona boasted an average win rate of 52.6% helping carry Samira with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.

If you need to see Leona with Samira synergy tips and stats for a an individual player tier, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using all rounds with data with both champs.